DRAWING

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I draw for different reasons. I draw to remember ideas and the accompanying thoughts and feelings. I draw to develop a concept.  I draw to work out the details of a sculpture.   I use graphite pencils,  colored pencils and graphite sticks for their materiality and basic means. When I do research-based projects I make drawings that are repetitive in their imagery, subject matter and process.  The drawing stroke is layered and overlapping. The activity can be meditative.  I want the drawing method to reinforce and invigorate what I am thinking about.   The Word Jar drawings from 2023–24 are an example:  based on vessel imagery from Jalisco where there is a long pre-contact tradition of ceramics, they have densely layered areas that are both exploration and excavation.